Jim O'Neil (American football)

Jim O'Neil
Northwestern Wildcats
Position:	Defensive coordinator
Personal information
Born:	October 26, 1978 (age 43); Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Career information
College:	Towson
Career history
As a coach:
	Albany (2001); Assistant offensive line & tight ends coach; Pennsylvania (2002); Assistant offensive line coach; Northwestern (2003–2004); Graduate assistant; Towson (2005); Defensive coordinator & defensive backs coach; Eastern Michigan (2006–2008); Safeties coach; New York Jets (2009); Defensive quality control coach; New York Jets (2010–2012); Assistant defensive backs coach; Buffalo Bills (2013); Linebackers coach; Cleveland Browns (2014–2015); Defensive coordinator; San Francisco 49ers (2016); Defensive coordinator; Oakland Raiders (2018); Senior defensive assistant; Oakland / Las Vegas Raiders (2019–2020); Defensive backs coach; Northwestern (2021–present) ; Defensive coordinator;
	Coaching stats at PFR

Jim O'Neil (born October 26, 1978) is an American football coach who is currently the defensive coordinator at Northwestern University. He has previously been a coach in the NFL for the New York Jets, Buffalo Bills, Cleveland Browns, the San Francisco 49ers and Las Vegas Raiders. He was a coach for numerous college football teams before that.

Coaching career[]

College[]

From 2006-2008, he was at Eastern Michigan as the recruiting coordinator and safeties coach. He was the defensive coordinator at Towson in 2005, a graduate assistant/defensive back coach at Northwestern from 2003–04, assistant offensive line coach at Pennsylvania in 2002 and an assistant offensive line/tight ends coach at SUNY Albany in 2001.^[1]

New York Jets[]

O'Neil entered the NFL joining the New York Jets as a defensive quality control & defensive backs coach in 2009. He was moved to assistant defensive backs coach in 2010 and remained in that position through the 2012 season.

Buffalo Bills[]

O’Neil spent the 2013 season as the linebackers coach for the Buffalo Bills.

Cleveland Browns[]

After the 2013 season, O'Neil was hired as the defensive coordinator of the Cleveland Browns in 2014, but was relieved of his duties after the 2015 season due to a coaching overhaul after head coach Mike Pettine was fired.

San Francisco 49ers[]

O'Neil was hired by Chip Kelly on January 26, 2016 to become the defensive coordinator of the San Francisco 49ers.

References[]

^ http://www.buffalobills.com/team/coaches/oneil_jim/61b6e0e9-0ad1-49e7-b12f-c14d562f28ff

External links[]

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v t Current defensive coordinators of the Big Ten Conference
East Division	Charlton Warren (Indiana) Brian Stewart / (Maryland) Mike Macdonald (Michigan) Scottie Hazelton (Michigan State) Kerry Coombs (Ohio State) Brent Pry / Anthony Poindexter (Penn State) Robb Smith (Rutgers)
West Division	Ryan Walters (Illinois) Phil Parker (Iowa) Joe Rossi (Minnesota) Erik Chinander (Nebraska) Jim O'Neil (Northwestern) Brad Lambert / Ron English / (Purdue) Jim Leonhard (Wisconsin)